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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Representative Herberts bill, relieving
ex-Confederates OF all disabilities except
those imposed by the constitution. is TO
be pressed upon the attention of Congress
ms soon as 1t reassembles after the holi-
days. tits expected that 1t VIII excite a
lively debate, but as 1t is good bill il
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

writing from an Indiana town, a Young
woman asks: is the enclosed poem worth
anytring?" We find that the poem is as fol-
lows:
MINNIE LEE
She has left us, our own darling
And we never more shall see
Here on earth our dearly loved one
God has taken Minnie Lee,
Her heart was full of goodness
And her face was fair TO SEQ
And her life was full of beauty
How we miss our Minnie Lee!
But her work on earth ia over
And her spirit now free,
She has gone to live IN heaven
Shall we weep for Minnie Lee2
Would we call our angel darling
Back again across the scar
No! but some time up in heaven
We will meet loved Minnie Lee.
To the question as to whether this poem ia
worth anything,w we choose 10 answer in verse
as follows
Sweet poetess, your poetry
Is bad as bad can be,
And Yet we heartily deplOre
The death OF Minnie Lee,
1t would have pleased us better
If, in HIS wisdom, He
Had taken you. sweet poetess
Instead of Minnie Lee.
Your turn will come, however.
And swift and sure twill be
If you continue sending
Your rhymes on Minnie Lee.
From this we hope you'll gather
A dim surmlse that we
Don't take much stock in poems
Concerning Minnie Lee.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
PERSONAL.

MRS. LANGTRY is exceptionally expert with
the foils and loves the art.
LEvILLY. the once celebrated baritone. ia
now a teacher of music IN Paris.
TIE Prince of Wales thinks Christmas n
| bore. Girls avoided the mistletne last wear
when he edged up near the chandelier.
PRINCE KoMATsU IS being made sma all lion
OF IN London. He is intensely mi itary IN his
| tas es ami Is popular among the big guns.
TIE largest legal fee ever obtained nv
| Abraham Lincoln and mis- partner, Herndon,
wa~ one Of $1,000 from the Illinois Central
| railroad.
Mr.. MCLANE our Minister to France. has
| invented new cock ate which entities him To
almost n much lame as if he had invented a
| new salad.
BILL NYK recently went to see Edwin Booth
ss ''.iamet," but came away, as he saws him
self. utterly disguised at the lack Of local gags
in the lines.
THE last book that Gen. Logan read was the
! biography of Gen. Il. +. Lee. He finished 1t
he dav before he was stricken down by his
fatal sickness.
when he is candidate he is glad to have even
the devil vote for him. But Will Mr. Harri-
son reciproc 4te2
MARIA HENRIETTA, Queen of the Belgians,
is remarkably sensible woman. They tel
some very pretty stories of her Democratic
and unaffected ways.
GEORGE w. Guilds contributed 81 900 to the
fund Tor Senator Logan's widow. In the tele-
gram Offering the donation he s NJ ais that a
nill be introduced to provide aN ',.s2n for
Mrs. Logan. JaM
MAsPERA, the Psychologist, saws it<a,uAon-
sen-e to claim that the p ramids ofNESypt
were lorg IN construction. Three or four
wears. he lieves. sufliced for the building OF.
the highest of them,
1T IS rumored that Congressman Ira Dav-
export, who is past So. VIII soon marry. Mr.
Davenport ia q bltehelor, and it is said has
been for years cherishlng the memory OF an
unhappy love affair OF his youth.
/ LORD TENNYsoN's new volume sells more
! freely than anything he ever published. The
condemnation Of the critics ia outweighcd BY
the yo ce Of fashion. ant Lord Tennyson is a.
much the fashion now as ever.
WHEN Senator Stanford goes to Washing
ton at the beginning of a session he dcpo. u
| $50. 600 at a local bank ana he and his wife
| check against II. IL ANYTHING remains at the
| end OF the session, which happens rarely, it is
| left as a nest-egg for the next years expenses.
ONCE a reIgnng sovereign. always a sover-
| eIgn, Is the rule at Nict0ria's court. Mr.
! Alexander Battenberg nnds this very con.
| selling, and it also enabe hum to take prece-
| dcnce OF his brother, winch is another com.
! fort, If Americans have only a mind to tn nix
| sol
! TIE rumor that an attempt will be made
! by the Minne>ota Democrats to swear in
| Ames, the defeated candidate for Governor,
| Is rldcued in So. Paul, though Anes himself
now and then throws out a hint that he has
| not given M the fight and intends 10 do some
! thing startling.
sEygShIj, LETTERS have been received in
w. /" s,,So,, fe@sed TO Hon. David Il. Hill,
r II I'D 70. ;. nj saynard, second Tt0mp-
h'srs tsssrd ls n - lhS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

A Loudon correspondent found 1t easier
10 gaio admission TO palace, or the man.
sion OF duke, than TO get peep at the
mysteries OF an English editors sanctum.
ii an English or American gentleman OF
some stauding-say bank President or
Congressman-wen to the Office Of a
London daily paper and asked to see the
editor. explaining who be was, and that
his visit was one OF courtesy, he would
stand as little chance Of success as If be
went 10 Windsor and sSM Al his card TO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

The gas companies in some OF the cities
are beginning to seek permission OF legis-
1atiye authorities TO supply electric light.
ing to its customers. Does not this look
as IL they thought the time is near at
hand when the electric light will take the
place OF gfs lignti
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Some day or otDer capir, punishment
may be dispensed with without detriment
TO the pubic interests. Those who urge
its abolition now had better pay more al :,
tentioD to the columns OF the daily press.
They will then recognize an Imperative
necessity for rigid enforcement OF the
law as il stands.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

'F1r1n tae ChIc10j Tr5oWRe (ReD.j
The country comes 10 thc close Of the year
1885 IN prime condition. The crop have gen
orally neen abundant, trade has revived; the
earnings of corporations and priVa individ-
uals nave increased; confidence in pub ic ee-
Curlties hae grown; the old world l. buying
leavIly OF ever thing we have TO offer; ana
gold is pourinS INTO our cOfIers from Europe.
As for the government finances. the only
trouble Is an e. cess OF money--a rare COM
paint among the nations of the earth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
n Washington sensation.

The wife of Prof. EmmOns, of Wash
ington, has furnished sensation within
the last day or two for two cities. She
is erratic and eccentric, and her hus-
band would like to make it appear that
she is insane, but he does not seem to be
able to get two reputable physicians to
certify that she is lunatic,
She reached New York about the mid
die of last week from Europe. She was
ossenger on the Lydisu Monarch, and
appears to have had very interesting
queer things that were calculated to at
tract attention. 1t is alleged that a
couple of stowaways were found by the
Captain, and she Immediately paid their
passage and took them under her
protection. One of them Was good vio-
lin player and the other was proficient on
the banjo. She dressed them in some of
her clothes and required them to give
concerts TO the steerage passengers. Dur
ing the concerts she would smoke cigar
| cites and join IN conversation with her
| Storage friends.
When she arrived in New York she left
the steamer in very unconventional
way, and her queer doings in that city
| furnished the papers with a great deal of
| sensational stun. When she arrived in
| Washington she stopped at one OF the
| aiding hotels. Her husband went
there for the purpose, it 10 alleged,
OF taking her to an insane asylum.
There was n scene that drew to her
rooms about ali the guests of the hotel.
A1nd also lawyer, a doctor and the Chief
tn Police. The husband was put out of
T'>*r rooms. aud she had the satisfaction OF
another triumph over the man she had
sworn to love and ODE , hut tor whom her
heart no longer beats responsiyely.
A reporter of Washington paper
called on her at about O'Clock one even
ing 10 get the story Of her curious con.
duct, aud she locked him up in the room,
talked to him, made him smoke cigarettes
with her, permitted him to enjoy the
spectacle OF a fight between
couple of dogs and an i'm.
mense cat she mas, and kept him
prisoner until l O'Clock next morning.
He got good item, but not for the edi.
ton for which he wanted it.
She expects TO return TO London In a
fewat s--here her eccentric conduct
has broo<'Sys-..y5'nto notoriety on several
occasions. wac is not lunstic she is
so near being one that the doctors might
strain point and grant a certificate
jbthst would permit the authorities to lock
'hehap.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

AS the Illinois Legislature-elect, which
has Republican majority, will meet on
Jan. 5, it will not be long before sue
cessor to Gen. Logan Will be announced.
Gov. Oglesby hopes to be the coming man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Peace at any price in Europe costs
just $1,000, 900. 900 per year, and 1T really
does not seem to be worth much even at
that. 1t is certainly just now peace
that passes all UNDERSTANDING"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

business, which was rather dull durir g
the last days of last week, will look up
little, now that another year has been
entered upon.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
CURRENT COMMENT.


From The Pro0idence (R. ~ Telegram Dern.)
If reform comes, 1t will not come through
the Republican party, as at present manipu-
lated, but over it,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

The recent action Of the City Council in
aiding the cause of intemperance in this
City is worthy of the attention of the
ministers of the Gospel. 1t is good text
Tor a sermon.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Rev. Sam Jones prOnounces st. Louis a
tough old city to tackle, and it may be
said that St. Louis has been tackled 10y a
preacher who is accustomed to tackle
tough places,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

From the Neao York j. urndI II Commerce Ind
We may learn fromsthe past and we may
work for the future, but we can only live,
wisely anu truly, III the present.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Over 100000 immigrants came to this
country last year, hut comparatively few
of them came South. The Northwest at
traeted them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

From the BIT. n HerdLi fDs,n.)
'Protectionsts of the Unitarian SCHOOL,
seem TO describe 4 class who believe in the
least revenue with the most taxation.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

There are no signs of lack OH
deGce in either party to tue contest FOR
the control of the Central. Both parties
can't win the dg . and, therefore, one
party or the other must be laboring under
q mistake OF some sort.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

go Drag.in' ardNDp0nt our bein' de Rfr.. Il
nashun on airth, but he had q hickory Tfte,
laid away fur any country which mi ght K mock
de CHIP on our shoulder.
'As an elecIor. he went TO de polls cherry
time dar' was q chance to vote, an some
times when DER wasn't, nm If he split his
tcketit was bekase he WAS deeply interested
IN de matter of honest guy ment.
las a laborer he WAS worthy of his hire.
when he wasn't workln h. was thinkin' fur
de benefit of his boss II de boss didn't know
dIs II WAS his own fault.
"As "a uaybur. he neber borrowed coffee an
sugar w'dOut maxim II mark Oh de tin cup, so
he could return good measure.
"As a member OF dc community In which
he dwelt he upneld dc law Ia de daytime and
thereby settin' good eNamp o fur de Dung.
"As a church member he nrayed soft an
low, an he was half 4 line behind all lie rest
In de singin'. In case he happened to be
cotched wid 4 ham belonging TO somebody
else no refeckshuns could be cast on dc
church.
"As n husband he bosscd de cabin. am az a
father he brGng his chill'en up to fear de law
an respect ole age.
I'VE shall hang de usual emblem OF mourn
in on lie outer doan, and we shall feel q bit
sorry dat fair TO medium man has passed
lay. Dat will be all. We shan't pass no
1dos,s ushuns 10 send to his wife, who knowed
ss-b'better dan anybody else. nor will We
Dclaim dat our heartfelt sYmplthies go out fur
de chill'en. who am probably no bstter dan
anybod else's. 1t am nun fur Us dat we kin
say Arbustus was mp TO dc average, an dat
death could have token wussen man an
rot 1sNf .~,sd. F"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Some Of those who turned over new
Leaf yesterday forgot, apparently, be-
fore night all about their good resolu-
Ninne
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

An evangelist, known as Miss Foster,
did good WORK in converting the spinslers
OF New Brunswick until it was discoy.
cred that the creature in petticoats was a
man. His career as a worker in the Cos
mel VINEYARD there camo to a sp<s.ap a,,.I -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

over $1,000 Hebrew immH giants landed
at Castle Garden during last year, most
oil them being from Rus ia, where Hlttngs
are not in favor. eFSuly, this Cd p
population is assumfif lturn~~s-ossof'i,ou'w.- 4
tan character.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

1t has long been subject OF dispute ga
to whether there are more BuddhIsts
than Christians in the world. Among
many others there are two acknow ledged
authorities on the statistics of the East
Prof. Legge, OF oxford. Eng, ana Sir
MOnier Monier Williams, BDden Professor
of Sanskrlt in the same university. They
have investigat ID the subject, and the re-
suits of their labors show that the mum.
Der OF Buddha's disciples has been greatly
exaggerated. From it's first official recog.
milton Buddha's worship may be traced
back to A. d. 50 IN CHINA. But the great
difficulty in computing the number of
Buddhsts is found in reaching tie MI.
merical strength OF the Chinese popula-
ton. The Chinese give a higher esti-
mate than Prof. Legge, who makes the
number 400, 900, 900, while Sir Rutherford
Alcook reckons it at 300, 900, 900 only.
Then again all the non-Christian Chinese
are notBuddhists. There are Confucionists
and Taorists. AS nearly as can be ascer-
tanned the Buddhists number $4,000, 900
and Christianity 450,000,000, SO that
while Christianity is coming more and
more to the front, Buddhism is fast be.
coming thing OF the past in comparison
with its former sway. Berghaus, in his
physical atlas, gives the following divis-
ion of the human race according to reli-
glou: Buddhists, 3l.2 per cent; Chris.
tians, 30.7; Manammedans, 15.7; Brah-
minists, 1874; heathens, 81, and Jews O 8.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
Ne grTW

Congress inodnto7ne of Missouri says
that the ONT man who stands n show of
carrying Missouri against MIR. Cleveland
for the Democratic Presidential nomira-
tion is Speaker Carlisle. Mr.. Cleveland
couldn't be beaten by a better man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Miss Hen TIA FfouIssII:cG1S<zs ? nE u
N. L., IS said to have been the indlscfSeS
person who revealed the grips, passwords
and ritual of the knights OF Labor. Just
so. 1t would take days and nights of la.
Dor to teach the average woman how to
keep u secret.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

The second annual session OF the South
FERN Forestry Congress will convene at
DE Fnniak Springs, Fla, Feb. IS, and,
VIII continue In session four days. T1ft
exercises are expected to be more W.
usually interesting. The originskoT(
Ar6or day, j. Sterling NortonLCA
pected to be present any 49,
address.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

1t is suggested that Gen. Logau's death
has made it possible for Mr.. Morrison to
become & member OF the Fiftieth Con-
gress. lie was beaten by Jehu Baker,
who is a man OF ability and a politician
Of much more than average shrewdness
MIR. Baker, 1T seems, is anxious to secure
the place Gen. Logan had in the Sen.
ate. There are several candidates for the
place, but no one OF them is more promi.
nent than Baker. and no one OF them,
from present indications, stands any bet
ter chance of getL, Nssat,ihan he does.
Ii Bakear ooen 49, chosen Senator,
MOI eeE;, NM a; stsse become candi.
da 7,shi.1Ng place IN the House, and
theFSe10DlsGbt that he would be elected.
There is no other Republican In the dis
trict who can poll anywhere near the vote
that Baker did, and, besides, Morrison now
knows that nomination is not equivalent
to an election. In the canvass last fall
be was not aware OF the extent of the op-
position which Baker had aroused against
MIN until it was too late to prepare to
meet it successfully. He trusted to his
personal popularity ana lost. If he has
another chance he Will make a fight TO
win, and that he will succeed there is not
much reason to doubt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

The Baltimore reporter now in jail for
contempt OF court is said to be literally
supplied with champagne. That's ell
right, but his jailers seem TO have deter
mined that SO far aeSa&A-amprisonmen
goes 1t shall be cJ[~of sham pain.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
Discouraging Young Poet.
FroH the Chica0o Eetos

ET''Ht EHe LHfcHVO NetOS.
Writing from an Indiana town, a Young
woman asks: lis the enclosed poem worth
anything?" We find that the poem is as fol-
lows:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

From tho Dst ro1 Free Press.
p at am my painful dooty to inform dis club
k,t Brudder Arbustus Jenkins has passed
airth away" SAID Brother Gardner
whcfNse triangle bad ceased to toll. "He
was 10y nOrary mem Der of d = club. ibln, in
de StaYTreANo rth Caroiny. an he wa. only
l5c bchint><a. his dues. 1t Kin not be said o.
Arbustus das was either statesman. poet,
philosopher, -, nthropist or scholar. lie
s T1s ;l% eend " %aa; xg Tno did not
go Drag.in' ardNDp0nt our bein' de 9fr.. Il
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

AS Gov. Robinson, of Massl
declines to be candidate for
Dawes seat, and expresses his in I'll
to refuse any further public distinc bn
pre!erment, 1t Is apparently a fair a
open fight between Congressman 20
and Senator Dawes, and the cha C
between them appear 10 be about evd4
Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-19
PROMINENT PERSONS.

jeff Davis is victim of rheumatic gout.
Carl Schurz is said to be permanently
crippled by the result of the fall on the ice
last winter that was at first believed to have
caused only spran.
There are two new parties in existence to
which Ben Butler never belonged, and he
shows no symptoms of joining Is the old
fellow losing his grip!
Statistics regarding President Clcveland's
hand-shaking ability are numerous at pres
cnt. One observer says that Mr.. Cleveland
made 1900 shakes" in St. Louis without
rest'
Mrs. Holbrook, of Woodstock, Conn, is a
lineal descendant of General Israel Putnam.
She has "a number of letters written by "Old
Put" which show that he was better sol
der than scholar.
Mrs. Cotton, the widow of the man to
whom the famous Cotton letters were writ
ten, denounces Mr.. Huntington as falsifier
for asserting that these letters had been
offered for sale, or stolen.
Prof. E. S. Horsford of Harvard college
has made a fortune out of his famous acid
phosphates. He is peculiar man in appear
ance, has a heavy, stooplng figure an English
face and gray side whiskers and beard.
Arthur Ridley of Merden, Conn, went to
Melbourne, Australia, a little over year
ago with $1,000 capital, which he invested in
skating rinks. He now owns fourteen,
which netted him 200 in the last year
Lord Herschel, the distinguished lawyer
who was lord chancellor of England during
Gladstone's last premiership, is in New
Haven, Conn. the guest of Prof. Daniel G.
Eaton, of Yale college. Lady Herschel is
with him.
Pittsburg Phil, the great American
plungcr, has made, it is said, 100000 this
season betting on the horses. But the vast
number of bettcrs who have lost money are d
silent majority. "plungiug" is Il very un
desirable profession.
While ut Milwaukee Mrs. Cleveland said
cursorily: 81 find by experience that the
best way to shake hands is with the bare
hand. Just give good squeeze and then let
co. Mrs. Cleveland said it hurt her hand
to shake hands with her glove ON.
Potter Palmer, of Chicago, is one of those
men who always seem to be in Il hurry anG
whose faces carry about n permanent look OF
fatigue. When he is wandering about his
hotel he tugs away nervously at the whiskers
on his chin and seems to be absorbed by
some mighty problem. When he talks his
sentences are short and to the point He
never looks his hearer in the eye, and always
seems anxious to get away.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-19

THE annual session of the Grand
Lodge I. o. o. r. of Nebraska will
begin at Lincoln to-day. This old and
honorable order has numerous mem
bership in this state and is understood
to be steadily advancing. Omaha of
course has larger number of Odd Eel
lows than any other locality and this
should be the most fruitful field from
which TO recruit the order. Why
would it not be, therefore, proper and
wise thing for the grand lodge to hold
its next annual session in this city?
Lincoln has been honored with the last
and present sessions, and it seems de-
sirable, for the good Of the order rs we'll
as for other obvious reasons, that the
favor should be passed around. Omaha
would be glad to have the grand lodge
meet here next year, and we are sure
its members would have no reason to re-
gret doing so.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-19
ReSistratiOn.

The strict letter of the new election
law requirers all voters in cities OF the
metropolitan class topresent themselves
for registration on certain days ex-
pressly named in the act, or failing to
do so their ballots are to be rejected on
election day. Only three more registra-
tion days remain before the coming
election, namely: Wednesday, October
10; Friday, October %, and Saturday,
October %.
While there is some doubt as to the
constitutionality of any law by which n
citizen can be disfranchised under any
regulation, the law as it stands must be
complied with until declared void by
the courts. We therefore urge every
citizen to have himself registered. Do
not depend on being carried over from
last years list. The registration of this
year is entirely new and nobody
can be carried over by the new regis
trars.
1t seems to us, however, that the reg
istrars should be allowed to exercise
discretion about continuing their ses-
sions from day to day, if they are UNI
able to accommodate the voters apply
ing for registration on the days fixed
bv the statute. There certainly was nc
design by the lawmakers TO disfran-
| chise citizens who are willing to COM
ply with the registration provisions.
The only purpose of the election law is
to guard against fraudulent voting by